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WELCOME TO YORK

Nice to meet you

Present simple: be and personal pronouns
Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her
Questions: What ? Where ? Who ?
Introducing yourself and others

Hi! My name is Dominic.

Im from Switzerland and
this is Barbara. Shes
from Poland.

Its nice to meet

you all. And this is
my friend Carl.

Hello, Im Tony Dale. And here are

your new English friends Anita,
Rosie, Kieran and Steve.

Hi everyone. Im from
the USA and this is Sara.
Shes from Mexico.

Hello! Were very

pleased to be here!

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UNIT

1 Presentation
Read and listen.

2 Comprehension
Complete the sentences.

Welcome to York!

1 Dominic is from
.
2
is from Poland.
3 Carl is the boy from
.
4
is from Mexico.
5 The names of the English girls
are
and
.
6
is a teacher.

3 Grammar
Complete.

Present simple: be and

personal pronouns
Affirmative
Full forms
I am
you are
he/she/it is
we are
they are

Contractions
youre
hes/shes/its
theyre

Check the answers:

Grammar Summary page 111

4 Grammar Practice
Complete with the correct form
of be.

1 Her name is Sara and she

from Mexico.
2 Kieran and Steve
at
school in York.
3 We
pleased to be here.
4 My name
Tony Dale and
I
a teacher.
5 His name
Dominic. He
from Switzerland.
6 Anita and Rosie
English.

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WELCOME TO YORK

Student
Exchange
Students from an international
school in Belgium are with
students in England for ten days.

International Student Centre,

Brussels
1 Barbara Poland
2 Sara Mexico
3 Carl the USA
4 Dominic Switzerland

4
2

Riverside School, York

5 Rosie
6 Anita
7 Kieran
8 Steve

The ISC students are very

pleased to be in York. They are

5 Listening

7 Grammar Practice

Listen and complete.

KIERAN
STEVE
KIERAN
STEVE
KIERAN
STEVE

Complete the questions and answers.

Whos she?
Her name is
.
Is she American?
No, she isnt.
Wheres she from?
Shes from
.

1
2
3
4
5

Rosie and Anita American? No, they

Tony Dale a student? No, he
.
you from the USA. No, I
.
you English? No, we
.
Barbara from York? No, she
.

8 Speaking

Who is she and where is she from?

Look at the newspaper article. Ask and answer

questions about the exchange students.

6 Grammar
Complete.

Present simple: be
Negative
Full forms
Contractions
I am not
Im not
you are not
you arent
he/she/it is not he/she/it
we arent
they are not

Whos he/she?
His/Her name is
Questions

Wheres he/she from?

am I?
?
is he/she/it?
are we?
?

Check the answers: Grammar Summary page 111

Hes/Shes from
Possessive adjectives
my your his her
Grammar Summary page 111

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UNIT

9 Role Play

Hi, my name is Jennifer. Whats your name?

You are a famous person.

Introduce yourself to other
famous people.

10 Speaking

Hello, Im Keanu and this is Brad.

Its nice to meet you.

13 Game Bingo

Find the countries for these

nationalities on page 8.

Nationalities
American Belgian English
Mexican Polish Swiss

Choose nine numbers from 120.

Write them on the Bingo card.
Now listen and cross () the
numbers you hear.

Now ask and answer questions

about the exchange students.

A Whats his/her name?

B
A Is he/she (nationality)?
B Yes, he/she is. OR No, he/she
isnt. Hes/Shes (nationality).

11 Pronunciation

14 Listening

Listen and repeat.

/w/ we welcome what where

/h/ he her his who

Listen to Tony. Complete the information.

STUDENT EXCHANGE
12 Vocabulary

Visitor

Listen and repeat.

Numbers
0 oh/zero
1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten

English student
Rosie

Sara

Dominic Kieran
Barbara Anita
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty

Steve

Carl

Address
Park Street, York

Phone number
291347

8 York Road, Haxby

Garden Street, York

905366

10 Market Lane, York

15 Writing
Write down the address and phone number of three students.

Whats your address?

Whats your phone number?
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1 Thats a great bag!

this/that Indefinite article
Talking about personal possessions

1 Opener
Who is in the photo?

2 Presentation
Read and listen.
KIERAN
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA

Hi, Barbara! Im Kieran Mackenna.

Sorry? Kieran what?
Mackenna. M-A-C-K-E-N-N-A.
Its an Irish name.
Oh, I see. My surname
is Sikora.
How do you spell it?
S-I-K-O-R-A. Look
its on my ID card.
Thats a great bag!
What? Oh yes! This
is my favourite bag.
What else is in it?
Guess!
OK. A bottle of water?
Right!
An address book?
Yes.
Um. A photograph of your
boyfriend?
No! A photo of my family
its in my Whats this in English?
Its called a wallet. Are all your
things in that bag?
No! Thats my rucksack over there.
Now its my turn! Whats in your bag?

5 Grammar Practice
Complete with this or that.

girl is from Mexico.

is my friend Anita.
1

3 Comprehension
Answer the questions about Barbara.

1 Whats her surname?

2 Whats in her bag?
3 Whats in her wallet?

is my rucksack.
3

isnt my rucksack.
4

4 Grammar
Complete.

this/that
This is my favourite bag.
Whats
in English?

s Mr Dale.
5

Thats a great bag.

s my rucksack over there.
Check the answers: Grammar Summary page 111

10

is my phone.
6

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UNIT

6 Vocabulary
1

Match the words with the pictures.

Then listen and check.

an address book
an alarm clock
a bottle of water
a calculator
a comb
a digital camera
an ID card
a key

a packet of chewing gum

a packet of tissues
a passport
a pen
a photograph
a ticket
an umbrella
a wallet

7 Listening
Listen. What is in Kierans bag?

8 Pronunciation
Listen and repeat the alphabet.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
AHJK
IY O

BCDEGPTV
QUW
R

10

FLMNSXZ
9

Now listen and write five words.

9 Speaking

13

11

Touch the pictures in exercise 6. Ask and answer.

12

A Whats this?
B Its a/an
.
A How do you spell it?
B
Now point at things in your classroom. Ask and answer.

A Whats that called?

B Its a/an
.
A How do you spell it?
B
Indefinite article + singular nouns
a bag
an address book
a passport an ID card

15

16

14

11 Writing
Write sentences about your three favourite things.

Grammar Summary page 111

10 Speaking
Point at the people in the photo on pages 67. Ask
and answer.

A Whats his/her name?

B
A How do you spell it?
B
Now point at students in your class, and ask and answer.
Now ask other students about their favourite things.

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2 Those are the city walls

these/those Plural nouns
Prepositions of place
Questions: When ? How old ?
Telling the time
Describing places

1 Opener
Who are the people in the photo?

His name is Her name is

2 Presentation
Read and listen.
MR DALE

SARA
ROSIE
SARA
ROSIE
SARA
ROSIE
MR DALE
STEVE
SARA
MR DALE

STEVE

Right, here are maps of York

for our visitors, and these are
copies of the programme for today.
Thank you very much. Rosie,
where are we on the map, please?
Were in the centre of the city, here,
next to the castle this building here.
Wow! Its really old!
Yes, youre right. I think its 900
years old. Like Mr Dale!
Sh! And whats over there?
Those are the city walls. The walls
are about 1,700 years old.
Listen, everyone! Lunch is at half
past twelve and
Great! Its twenty-five past twelve now!
Excuse me, Mr Dale, whens the welcome
party?
Its on the programme the party is at quarter
to seven tonight.
OK? Now, lunch
STUDENT EXCHANGE
everyone?
Todays programme
Yes, please!
12.30 Welcome lunch
1.55 School visit
2.15 Film of Yorks histor
y
3.00 Tour of city walls
6.45 Welcome party
8.30 Disco

4 Grammar
Complete.

these/those
Singular
this
th t

Plural
th se
those

Plural nouns
+s
maps visitors wall
year
+ es
addresses watch
y + ies city cities copy cop
party part
Irregular person people
Check the answers: Grammar Summary page 111

3 Comprehension

5 Grammar Practice

True or false? Correct the false sentences.

Choose these or those.

1
2
3
4

1
2
3
4
5

The students are in the castle.

The castle is an old building.
Mr Dale is 900 years old.
The city walls are about seventeen thousand
years old.
5 Lunch is at 12.30.
6 The welcome party is at 7.15.
12

Look in this bag! These/Those are my new CDs.

Are these/those your friends over there?
Who are these/those people in that picture?
Here, these/those are photos of my family.
These/Those cities are all in Europe: Brussels,
Geneva, Warsaw.
6 These/Those buildings in that street are very old.

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UNIT

6 Vocabulary

10 Reading

Complete.

Match the photos of famous places with the

descriptions. Then listen and check.

Numbers
20 twenty
21 twenty-one
25
30 thirty
40 forty
50 fifty
60 six
70 seven

80
90
100
200
500
1,000
2,000
10,000

eighty
a/one hundred
two hundred
a/one thousand
thousand

1 Its in Egypt next to the River Nile.

Its 3,200 years old.
2 Its in the centre of Athens in Greece.
Its 2,500 years old.
3 Its near Delhi in India.
Its 370 years old.
4 Its on a mountain in Peru.
Its 540 years old.

Now listen and check. Repeat the numbers.

7 Pronunciation
Listen and write the numbers you hear.

thirty

30
B

8 Listening
Listen and match the
watches with the people.

Carl Dominic
Anita Barbara

The Parthenon

The Taj Mahal

The city of Machu Picchu

The temple of Abu Simbel

Now listen and write the times

on these peoples watches.

Mr Dale
Rosie

12.40

Sara
Steve

Kieran

oclock
five to

five past

ten to

ten past
quarter past

quarter to

Now ask and answer.

Where is the city of Machu Picchu?

twenty to

twenty past

twenty-five to

How old is it?

twenty-five past
half past

Prepositions of place

9 Speaking

in

Ask and answer questions about the times on the

watches.

on

next to

near

Grammar Summary page 112

Carl, what time is it, please?

Its half past twelve.
Now look at the Student Exchange programme on
page 12. Ask and answer.

Whens the welcome lunch?

Its at half past twelve.

11 Writing
Look at exercise 10 again and write a description of
three buildings in your country.

What are their names?

Where are they?
How old are they?
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3 Is that your brother?

Possessive adjectives
Talking about your family

1 Opener
Find the pairs in the box.

Family
brother daughter father grandfather
grandmother husband mother
sister son wife
brother

sister

2 Presentation
Read and listen.
KIERAN
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA
STEVE
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA
STEVE
BARBARA
KIERAN
BARBARA

STEVE
BARBARA

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Barbara, lets see the photo of your family.

OK here you are.
Whos that?
Guess!
Is it your sister?
No, it isnt, its my mother! Its her fortieth
birthday today.
Your mum is 40! Shes very pretty.
Thats my sister, Marta, on the left. Shes 18.
And whos the man next to Marta is he your
father?
Yes, thats Dad. Hes 42.
Whats his name?
Roman. And Mums name is Renata.
And is that your brother in the red T-shirt?
No, thats Konrad hes Martas boyfriend. My
brother Stefan is on the right. And the two old
people at the back are my grandparents, Teresa
and Robert. Mum is their daughter.
But you arent in the picture.
No Im the family photographer!

3 Comprehension
Match the questions with the answers.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

How old is Renata?

Is her birthday today?
Are Barbara and Marta sisters?
Is Konrad the brother of Marta?
Is Barbara the daughter of Stefan?
What is the name of the grandmother?
Who is the son of Roman and Renata?
Who is the family photographer?

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h

No, shes his sister.

Shes 40.
Stefan.
Barbara.
No, hes her boyfriend.
Yes, they are.
Teresa.
Yes, it is.

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UNIT

4 Grammar

9 Listening

Complete.

Listen and write the birthdays.

Personal
pronouns
I

Possessive
adjectives

1st July
3

1
your

he/

/it

2
/her/its

our
you
they
Check the answers: Grammar Summary page 111

5 Grammar Practice
Complete the sentences with possessive adjectives.

1
2
3
4

Marta:
brother is called Stefan.
Teresa and Robert: Renata is
daughter.
Barbara: This is my sister and
name is Marta.
Mr and Mrs Sikora are called Roman and Renata,
and
children are Barbara, Marta and Stefan.
5 Konrad is Martas boyfriend and
T-shirt is red.
6 Steve: Is it
sister? Barbara: No, it isnt, its
mother.

5
4

6 Vocabulary
Match the numbers with the words.

Ordinal numbers
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
19th 20th 21st 22nd 30th 31st 40th
twelfth thirtieth eighth third nineteenth
seventh first twenty-first tenth fourteenth sixth
fortieth fifteenth twenty-second fourth second
twentieth seventeenth eleventh thirty-first
sixteenth ninth fifth thirteenth eighteenth
Listen and check. Repeat the numbers.

Now point at the people. Ask and answer.

Whens her birthday?

Its on the first of July.
Whens your birthday?

10 Speaking
Ask other students questions about their families.

7 Game

How old is your father?

Say the ordinal number.

Three.

Whens his birthday?

Third!

11 Writing
8 Pronunciation
Listen and mark the stress.

Months of the year

January February March April
May June July August September
October November December

January
Now listen again and repeat.

Complete Barbaras family tree.

The Sikora Family

grandfather Robert Teresa

Roman Renata

Marta Barbara Stefan

Now draw a family tree for another student.

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WELCOME TO YORK

Integrated Skills
Personal information

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CENTRE, BRUSSELS

Riverside School
International Student Centre
Exchanges
Programme
Photos
Noticeboard
Chatroom

Hello, Im Dominic. My surname is

Chevalier and Im from Geneva in
Switzerland. Heres a picture of
Geneva its very beautiful. Im
14 years old and my birthday is
on 2nd September. My phone
number is 0777457298. My
favourite singer is Beyonc.

Hi everyone. Im Sara Mendoza

and Im Mexican, from Acapulco.
Its a great place heres a
picture. Im 15 and my birthday is
on 20th February. My phone
number is 0767574732. My
favourite singer is Eminem.

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UNIT

1 Opener

5 Speaking

Guess: Where are the places in the photos?

Interview three other students and complete this form

for them.

Reading

First name
Surname
Age

Complete the questions with How, What, Where,

When, Who. Then answer them for Dominic and Sara.

1
2
3
4
5
6

is his/her surname?
is he/she from?
old is he/she?
is his/her birthday?
is his/her phone number?
is his/her favourite singer?

Birthday
Phone number
Favourite singer
Whats your ?
How old are you?

6 Writing
3

Here are Carls answers to the

questions in exercise 2. Match the
questions with the answers.

Look at the information about Dominic and Sara on

the Exchange Website. Use the interviews in exercise 5
to write sentences about three students.

11th March
Chicago
Kennedy
14
J-Lo
0773958676

Her name is
Learner Independence

Whats this/that?
Whats it called?
Whats the English word for ?
Whats in English?
How do you spell it?
Sorry, I dont understand.
How do you pronounce F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y?
What does mean?

4 Listening
Listen to Anita and Steve and complete.

First name

Classroom English: listen and repeat.

Anita

Surname

Age

Start a vocabulary notebook with these sections.

Telling the time

Family
Months of the year
Classroom English

Birthday
Phone number
Favourite singer

9 Phrasebook
Listen and repeat these useful expressions. Then find
them in this unit.

First name
Surname

Steve

Hello. Hi. Its nice to meet you.

Were very pleased to be here. Sorry?
Oh, I see. Guess! OK. Right!
Thank you very much. Wow! Sh! Great!
Excuse me. Yes, please. Here you are.

Age
Birthday
Phone number
Favourite singer

Now write a three-line dialogue using one or more of

the expressions.

A Excuse me, whats your name?

B Julia Roberts.
A Wow! Its nice to meet you.
Unit 1 Communication Activity
Student A page 108
Student B page 117
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P R O J E C T Personal Web Page

Make a web page about yourself.

Look again at Unit 1, Lessons 1, 3 and 4.

Make a list of information to include in
your Personal Web Page, for example:

Name Address Phone number

Age Birthday Family tree
School Friends Favourite things

Write the text for your web page, read

it carefully and correct any mistakes.

Design your web page. Draw diagrams

and pictures, and add photographs. Show
your Personal Web Page to other students.

G A M E Word Bingo
Look at the pictures and choose nine things.
Write the words on the Bingo card.

S K E T C H Back To Front
Read and listen.
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B

A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B

Now listen and cross () the words you hear.

18

Excuse me.
Yes?
What time is it, please?
Its nine past twenty.
Sorry? Nine past twenty?
Yes, thats right. Nine past twenty.
Oh. And what month is it, please?
Month? Its Lirpa, of course.
Sorry, I dont understand. What does Lirpa mean?
Lirpa? Its the month next to Yam.
Oh! Where are you from?
Here, of course.
And wheres here?
Where we are now.
Here is here and
there is over there.
And whats here
called?
Kcab.
Sorry, how do you
spell that?
T-H-A-T.
No, the name of this place.
K-C-A-B.
What?
Kcab. Here everything is back to front!

Now act out the sketch in pairs.

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UNIT

R E V I S I O N for more practice

E X T E N S I O N for language development

NICE TO MEET YOU

NICE TO MEET YOU

Look at the people in the photo on pages 67. Write

sentences about three people from Riverside School
and three from ISC.

Look at this conversation. Write similar conversations

about the other ISC students.

Sara is from Mexico.

Dominic is at school in Brussels.

A Her name is Sara.

B Is she from York?
A No, she isnt. Shes from Mexico.

LESSON 1
Write the names of these things. Use a/an.

a bottle of water
A
C

LESSON 1
D

Write the names of things in your bag.

LESSON 2
Write questions and answers about famous places in
your country.

Wheres Wawel Castle?

Its in the centre of Krakw.
How old is it?
I think its over 500 years old.
LESSON 3
LESSON 2

Write the times.

Find a photo of your family. Write about all the

people in the photo, and give their names and ages.

A Its half past three.

Thats my mother on the left. Her name is

LESSON 3
Look at the photo on page 14. Imagine you are
Barbara and write about all the people in the photo.

Thats my sister on the left. Her name is Marta and

shes 18.
LESSON 4
Write sentences about Anita and Steve using the
information in exercise 4 on page 17.

LESSON 4
Look at the information about Dominic and Sara on
page 16. Write similar information about your best
friend.

My best friend is called

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AUSTRALIA
Capital Canberra
Population 20 million
Main language English

BRAZIL
Capital Brasilia
Population
Main language

CHINA
Capital Beijing
Population
Main language

GERMANY
Capital Berlin
Population
Main language

million

million

million

MEXICO
Capital Mexico City
Population
million
Main language
20

POLAND
Capital Warsaw
Population
Main language

million

RUSSIA
Capital Moscow
Population
Main language

million

SPAIN
Capital Madrid
Population
Main language

million

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1 Listening
Listen and complete the country
boxes with this information.

Population
7 million
20 million
39 million
40 million
82 million
105 million
147 million
183 million
292 million
1,300 million
Languages
Chinese
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

2 Pronunciation
Listen and repeat the countries
and languages. Mark the stress.

Australia

3 Speaking
Ask and answer questions about
the countries.

Whats the capital of Germany?

Whats the population of Russia?
What are the main
languages in the USA?

4 Listening
Listen and say where the music is
from.

Number one.
Its Chinese.

5 Writing
SWITZERLAND
Capital Bern
Population
Main languages

million

THE USA
(United States
of America)
Capital Washington
Population
million
Main languages

Write about five of the countries.

The capital of Australia is

Canberra and the population is 20
million. The main language is
English.
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